Bilateral hemifacial spasm: A series of 10 patients with literature review

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 154-156

  Felício, Andre Carvalho ^a   Godeiro Junior, Clecio de Oliveira ^a   Borges, Vanderci ^a   Silva, Sonia Maria de Azevedo ^a   Ferraz, Henrique Ballalai ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bilateral; Botulinum toxin; Hemifacial spasm; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSKINESIA; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44249097035     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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